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09-01-2004, 02:45 PM
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<Insert wise statement here>
Location: Hell if I know
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I tend to read more than one book at once so here goes:
Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic, Terry Jones Hitchiker's Trilogy(Compilation of all five books), Douglas Adams Harry Potter 5th book, J.K. Rowling
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09-02-2004, 03:23 PM
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Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
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FDR: Rendezvous with Destiny. Finally got the rest of my granddad's library. Not a bad book. Scary how much his technique reminds me of Bush's (without the weapons of mass distraction.)
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09-08-2004, 01:48 PM
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Pup no More
Location: Voted the Best
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I had just finished The Talisman by Stephen King ...
currently on Michael Crichton's Timeline (and I have not seen the movie yet).
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09-09-2004, 07:11 AM
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beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkin. Something to read for my Sociology class. Not the greatest thing Ive ever read (mostly because biology isnt the most interesting thing to me), but not the worst, either.
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09-09-2004, 10:25 AM
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Drifting
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Location: Windy City
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I wish I was reading Frank Hebert's Heretics of Dune, but alas I'm supposed to be reading all my stuff for school. Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville is my current novel for reading, after chapters and chapters of textbooks.
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09-10-2004, 02:58 AM
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Femme Fatale
Location: Elysium
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I've decided that this year I'm going to read as many classics/famous/cult books as I can. I've decided to start by reading everything by Jane Austen. I've already read Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and are now reading Catherine. So far I like it
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09-10-2004, 07:26 AM
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With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much
Location: left side of my couch, East Texas
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Louis L'Amour - Down the Long Hills
It's about a 7 year old boy, a 3 year old girl, a red stallion, and their trek West after surviving an Indian attack to their wagon train. John Sandford - Eyes of Prey
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09-12-2004, 08:20 PM
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Drifting
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Location: Windy City
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The Road to Serfdom, by F.A. Hayek
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09-14-2004, 08:51 AM
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Submit to me, you know you want to
Location: Lilburn, Ga
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Diana Gabaldon Outlander
so far (Im only about 60 pages in) Im hooked...its nice to know I have more to read (I believe there are 5 books in the series so far with a 6th one in the works but I could be wrong (this is a better description than I can do since Im not done with it..its from amazon) Quote:
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09-14-2004, 10:19 PM
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The last one is pretty heavy going, but worth the effort. And it's meant to be the most important book of the 20th century. Mr Mephisto |
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09-15-2004, 01:48 AM
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Fluxing wildly...
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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I'm reading The Drifters by James A. Michener
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09-15-2004, 12:21 PM
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Psycho
Location: happy place
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On Writing by Stephen King, Progress Paradox by Gregg Easterbrook, and The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin...have a terrible time starting books and not finishing before starting another
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09-15-2004, 12:39 PM
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Computer Nerd
Location: Bishop, TX
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Currently reading Robert Ludlum , The Bourne Ultimatum at home and Terry Goodkind - Naked Empire at work (we go on long distance service calls and my boss likes to drive).
Waiting on Stephen King - The Dark Tower (book 7). Edit: I forgot... I've been reading Robert Shea's The Illuminatus Trilogy since around January, just haven't gotten through it yet (bathroom book, lol).
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09-18-2004, 05:39 AM
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beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, Matt Ridley.
Another book for my Sociology class. Not nearly as interesting as it sounds.
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09-18-2004, 03:02 PM
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Femme Fatale
Location: Elysium
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I finished Catherine last weekend and are now reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. I like it very much so far
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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip. |
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09-18-2004, 04:48 PM
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strangelove
Location: ...more here than there...
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...I'm just a few days back from 12 days of 'vacation' incl. RT international flight...so I finally got to do some reading
Started out with Tolkien's LotR: FotR. Actually started it a few months ago, but just couldn't get into it. And, I've still not finished it, but I made it through to the last chapter  The writing and story is excellent, but 1. I'm not really into that 'genre'. 2. Sometimes the elaborate descriptions of the scenery etc. just gets so tedious..just skimmed through most of that. I understand the point of it, but I just don't care that much for so much of it. ....then, went to a used bookshop in the US and picked up 2 paperbacks - 1. Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. Since his Snow Crash is one of my favorites...but, I've not started this one yet. /queued. 2. Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. Finally! Eco's been in my 'reading queue' for years...but I just never got around to it. Then earlier this year I read Brown's Angels & Demons (which I enjoyed..but not without criticism) and read somewhere that Pendulum is in a similar vein, but much better. So - I devoured the first half-ish of it on a wknd on the boat...and I still have half to finish. But it's sort of like a yummy treat - once I finish it, it's gone. Love it, and I recommend it. Brilliant.
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